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Like I said in the match thread, he looked very impressive on his first senior start. A bit too enthusiastic in places but that is expected at his age. Hi distribution was good and defending and tackling even better. Positioning still needs some work though. Keep it up Nathan.

Tbh, I agree with most of what he said there, but if it gets him sacked, I'm a happy man!

WBA? Well, we all know what that means... ​ Bye-bye FSW

I'd be satisfied if he is included in a deal to get Hamburg's Heung-Min Son here.

You are forgetting that pussycats plays with Barcelona who have the best off the ball movement in the world (or used to) while our front four stand behind two lines of opposition players and expect the ball to reach their feet. Mikel's job is to keep possession, and no one in front of him makes himself available he is forced to pass back instead of playing a pass that we are almost certain to lose.

The man is a magician. Did you see how he made himself disappear against Milan and Madrid?!

Tbf, I think it is Torres' goal. The last man to touch the ball before it enters the net is the goal scorer according to the laws.

I've been visiting many forums lately for opposition views, and the more forums I visit the more I learn to appreciate TC. Jim, mate, what you're created here is truly magnificent. Thank you!

Not sure RA would accept having Holland manage us for 3 months. Don't think JT has his badges.

That would be great but: 1) Roman does not look like he is willing to sack him. 2) You have to find a replacement before sacking him.

Well he finally broke.. But I must say as much as I hate him, he makes a good point. He'll be gone by the end of the seaon no matter what.But if we want team to finish in the top four the players really need our support.

To produce such a composed and influencial performance on his debut is quite remarkable. Ake is my MOTM. Cech was very poor,btw. Lucky to get the CS.

Too much hair in the pivot!

Can't wrap my head around why in the world does Benayoun start while Marin is on the bench?!

This just got more interesting

At least we made some money from selling Raul. Loaning Essien and selling Meireles make even less sense when you combine them together.

An extra body in midfield was exactly what we could have used this season. At least we wouldn't have had to play Luiz in midfield.

I think you haven't been watching PSG much this season. Alex has been below average every single match I've seen of him this season (which are admittedly not much). But when Alex was Garry's age, I completely agree that he was a better CB.

I fully expect Rafa to put out a full strength team tonight.

We need someone like him or Modric if we are going to persist with 4-2-3-1 and want to challenge for trophies next season. But as the users above have mentioned, we owe KDB at least a season to prove that we don't need to someone else.

Varane reminds me a lot of JT's beginnings with us.

It's remarkable how Bale has become a "British Talent" according to the English media. Only last month he was still Welsh!

He'll become a good player, but just like Cork, not here.

Of course they shouldn't be in the team just because we won the CL, but you can't say we can't win a trophy with them in the team when they've already helped us win the biggest one. It's basic logic really. The pivot has been mostly terrible for many reasons. One of them is the fact that we don't have someone to partner Mikel there. Another is the type of players we have in our front four. The most important, imo, is in the 4-2-3-1 and the pivot itself that is yet convince me as the best formation we can use. We've had many problems this season, and naturally everybody starts looking for scapegoats, but that does not mean that we should get rid of Mikel who has been crucial in every trophy we won the past 4 years.

What's your point? The claims were we cannot win trophies with Mikel and Rami which is not true since we already won trophies with them being integral players in the squad. Kalou and Bosingwa were not crucial players in us winning the CL. They weren't even starters last season.